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Only three sharks regularly attack humans, according to National Geographic: the massive great white, the tiger shark, and the bull shark. Bull sharks, a mid-size predatory shark that can grow to ...
The second major attack occurred on Thursday, July 6, 1916, at the resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, 45 miles (72 km) north of Beach Haven. The victim was Charles Bruder, 27, a Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel. Bruder was attacked while swimming 130 yards (120 m) from shore.
Unconfirmed. This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida . John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion.
The bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas ), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. It is known for its aggressive nature, and presence mainly in warm, shallow brackish and freshwater ...
A bull shark gets up close to inspect divers during an ecotourism shark dive off of Jupiter, Florida, on May 5, 2022. ... “A lot of shark attacks are cases of mistaken identity,” Peirce says ...
In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend.
July 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM. By Liya Cui. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sharks attacked three people on beaches in Texas and Florida on Thursday as the Independence Day weekend got underway, according to ...
June 28, 2022. Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape. Great white shark. Bruce Wolov was swimming in the Bay when a white shark attacked him. A large great white shark was filmed swimming in the area shortly after the attack. [1] Robert Frauenstein, 38. April 13, 2021. Chintsa, Eastern Cape.